>Ari, what would be the case if one registered Micro2Soft.com and sold ties and socks?
Forgive my slightly cranky response.
First, answer the question as to why you would want to bother doing this in the first place?
Now, I'm not saying that the tie and sock shop is illegitimate, as I would need to hear more -- and I understand this is just a hypo. But, generally speaking... I think we, as a domain name community, can advance our cause by not always looking at how we can be clever and beat the "man" (the man being the trademark owner).. It's not like the trademark owners as a group is this evil empire to defeat. Companies with famous, distinctive marks that they have spent millions of dollars nurturing have a valid interest in protecting their brands. If you really want to criticize a company (Microsoftsucks.com) or need to use the mark to sell a bona fide product (Elvislookalikecostumers.com),that's cool.. But just figuring out ways to stick our tongues out at the trademark owners is a waste of valuable time in my opinion.
Every domain name owner is not a victim. Sometimes the trademark owner is right. But, when we're dealing with a descriptive or common word mark, I'll be the first in line to defend your rights to ownership against a reverse domain name hijacking trademark owner.